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We’re thrilled to share that AB 1599, the California Transit Stop Registry Act, has been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom! Authored by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens, this landmark legislation will make it easier for riders across California to find, understand, and use public transit—especially when traveling between different agencies and jurisdictions.

Move LA, AARP, Streets For All, Seamless Bay Area, and the California Transit Association came together to bring this bill to fruition. This is a continuation of our work to improve the rider experience by adding more amenities like bus shelters. This victory reflects the persistence and collaboration of advocates, riders, public agencies, and partners committed to making transit more seamless and accessible statewide.

What AB 1599 Delivers

The new law will require Caltrans to establish a centralized registry with standardized information for transit stops, including:

A consistent stop name and precise location

A unique statewide identifier for each transit stop

Information about amenities at each stop, including seating and shelter

Greater consistency in the data transit agencies publish for trip-planning apps, agency websites, and public datasets

Transit operators will use the registry’s information and unique stop IDs in the data they share, helping ensure that one physical stop is recognized as the same stop across systems and applications.

Why It Matters for Riders

For transit riders, better stop data means a more reliable and less confusing journey.

Today, a stop served by multiple agencies can appear under different names, locations, or IDs in different apps—even when it is the exact same physical bus stop. AB 1599 will help eliminate that confusion, making it easier for trip-planning tools to direct riders to the right place and support smoother transfers between local, regional, and intercity services.

This statewide standard also creates a stronger foundation for:

More accurate information in Google Maps, Apple Maps, Transit, and other trip-planning tools

Easier transfers between transit systems

Better identification of where stops lack seating, shelter, and other rider amenities

Smarter service planning, accessibility improvements, and equity analysis

More coordinated public transit across California’s more than 200 transit agencies

Thank you to Assemblymember Ahrens for his leadership, Governor Newsom for signing this important bill, and every advocate, transit professional, and rider who helped make the case for a better-connected California.

AB 1599 shows what is possible when we focus on the everyday experience of riders. We look forward to seeing the California Transit Stop Registry make transit easier to navigate, more accessible, and more dependable for communities across the state.

Measures R and M promised to bring high-quality transit to every corner of Los Angeles County. The South Bay Transit Summit is an annual opportunity to educate, organize, and mobilize! Please join Move LA and South Bay Forward for this FREE event. We are grateful to u/Metrolosangeles, Torrance Transit, Supervisors Janice Hahn and Holly J. Mitchell, and the League of Women Voters of the Beach Cities for their support in bringing this event to the community. Please register NOW before space fills up!

https://actionnetwork.org/events/south-bay-transit-summit-2026

Last month, US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declared that he was redirecting $1.73 billion away from “DEI bike lanes” to fund the expansion of car-dominated roads and similar projects. 

Bike infrastructure is NOT just another instrument of the “deep-state woke DEI agenda”. It’s critical infrastructure that gets people to work, promotes transit equity, fosters clean air, and supports healthy living. Read the latest on Substack.

This is a story about bus stops and our transformative legislation, AB 1599, that sets the foundation for a more seamless and integrated transit system throughout California!

There are over ten thousand bus stops in Los Angeles County alone and with 250+ transit agencies, hundreds of thousands statewide. And we simply don’t know where most of them are!

The result is a physical stop shows up differently across apps, confusing rider and making it harder to make your connection. For a rider with a disability, it makes it even harder to catch your ride.

Move LA’s sponsored bill, Assembly Bill 1599, ends this chaos by creating a California Bus Stop Registry and assigning every stop in the State a California ID so when your map app pulls it up, it is automatically correct!

For Riders, AB 1599:

• Creates a seamless transfers across agencies and modes
• Supports accessibility and equity investments
• Eliminates (expensive) custom trip planning apps
• Future-proofs systems for modernization
• Makes capital planning easier

Now AB 1599 sits on the Governor’s desk waiting his signature! Let’s do this!

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Month and we have merch to show your pride for transit! Why just Ride the D when you can Ride the Rainbow 🌈! Get your crop top or t-shirt today at our merch store. #pride #pridemonth #transit #ridethed

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Let’s tell Burbank City Council we support true bus rapid transit!

The North Hollywood to Pasadena BRT project is moving forward and is supposed to connect Pasadena with North Hollywood, via a short bus ride, prior to the 2028 Summer Olympics!

Bad news is some city council members have expressed interest in blocking construction permits for the project. This would slow down service for the badly needed regional transportation project and could throw the project’s timeline into question. Please join us at City Hall Tuesday, May 5, with a coalition of transit riders, cyclists housing advocates and other urbanists, for a brief day of action. It will be Cinco de Mayo, so if you’re free after, join us for drinks and tacos at a mini-happy hour!

RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/join-us-support-bus-rapid-transit-in-burbank?clear_id=true&source=direct_link

We have to fight this!

The California Air Resources Board is proposing amendments that will add up to 118 million metric tons of allowances back into the market, providing at least $3.5 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. CARB and Governor Newsom want to expand the emissions cap at the very moment when the oil and gas industry are making windfall profits from the illegal war with Iran and further increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.

What is worse is this will blow a giant $1.65 billion hole in the budget that funds public transit operations and capital projects, as well as affordable housing near transit.

Legislators wrote a letter to CARB and you can write a letter, too. Deadline is May 4. Submit comments here:

https://carb.commentinput.com/comment/landingPage?lang=en